JOURNALIST FOUND ALIVE AFTER A WEEK WITHOUT FOOD IN REMOTE PARK

A journalist has been found alive after spending nearly a week alone in the Norwegian wilderness.Alec Luhn, 38, was reported missing on Monday after failing to catch a flight back to Britain, where he is based as a climate reporter.
His wife raised the alarm and after a massive search Luhn was found with a serious leg injury that he suffered on the first day of his solo hike in a remote national park.   
His spouse, Veronika Silchenko, who is also a journalist, told the New York Times she had last heard from the American-born Luhn on Thursday afternoon.
According to an itinerary he had texted to her, Luhn was expected to take a flight to the UK from Bergen, a city around 40 miles northwest of Folgefonna National Park, where he had been trekking.
Geir Arne Sunde, the head of the local air ambulance service and trauma center, said: 'He is seriously injured, but not critically injured.'
The reporter somehow managed to survive his days-long ordeal with little food. 
Luhn's rescue was something of a miracle, rescuers said.
Stig Hope, head of the operations leadership team at Folgefonna and a Red Cross volunteer, said: 'I can't remember us finding someone alive after so many days.
'The search doesn't always end like this – but today, it did. It's a huge relief for everyone who's been part of the effort.' 
Local media reported he was on vacation with his sister in Norway and decided to go out on a four-day hike on July 31 from an outdoor center in Ullensvang on the northern edge of the park.
The national park is a desolate 136,000-acre park that is home to one of the country's biggest glaciers.
A 30-strong volunteer search and rescue team, along with dogs, drones and police were all sent to find him.
The operation was temporarily suspended amid bad weather.
Tatjana Knappen, an operations manager from Vestland police, said: 'Weather conditions started to get really bad around midnight. It was not reasonable to continue the search up in the mountains.'
Local police said the Pulitzer Center Ocean Reporting Network fellow, a specialist in climate reporting, is an experienced mountain walker who was well-equipped. 
His wife reportedly said she had not expected to hear from him for a few days, owing to the patchy signal in the park. Silchenko added it wasn't unusual for her husband to go on solo hikes.
But she began worrying about him by Sunday, and alerted local authorities after he failed to make it back to his return flight on Monday. 
She said before his rescue: 'I just really want him back. I can't sleep or eat properly. It's very hard not to know anything.'
Folgefonna National Park is known for being a popular challenge for hikers who fly in from all over the world to conquer the difficult terrain and admire its natural beauty.
The climate reporter is no stranger to exotic destinations, having reported from oil fields in Texas, drought-stricken regions of Somalia and a research ship on the North Sea.
He has written for publications including the New York Times and The Guardian.